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Tonight I decided to share my first set of birds photographed right here on the lodge grounds and I don’t have the official bird hike until tomorrow morning when maybe I will get a whole new set of birds! 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
Last night’s Frog Walk was one of the best things done yet here! Ivan was my guide and it was just the two of us. He was one of my 2 guides the last time I was here in 2016 and he claims he remembers me (Ticos are so nice!)
He really knows his frogs and after I get these posted in my gallery I will ask him to identify them which I cannot now. We saw about 16 species, and here is 14 or 15 of those. One I did not get a useable photo of and another I have 2 photos of because they are so different.
It rained the whole 2 hours + I was at La Selva Research Station, thus no good photos, but the ones I got tell a story like the wet ruffled feathers on the Tropical Kingbird and Clay-colored Thrush. The only creature that seemed to love the rain was that Blue Jeans Frog! 🙂
After returning to lodge for breakfast there was no rain, thus some better photos at the lodge, but no time tonight to post them, Later! Tonight is my frog hike. 🙂
Fun, even in the rain! 🙂
¡PURA VIDA!
Arrival day at a lodge is often the most exciting and this one was pretty good! Walter drove me here at Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiqui with a stop at Cinchona and though it looked doubtful at first I got one of the two rooms on the river which got me a toucan shot (across river) and the excitement of two different whitewater rafting groups going by my room this afternoon, even though it rained much of the afternoon. I have 5 tours or hikes scheduled so far for the week, so ready to go! 🙂
Tomorrow morning at 5:20 AM I leave for birding at La Selva Research Station and tomorrow evening “Frogging” here at Selva Verde – a good day expected! 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
My 3rd Christmas living in Costa Rica (2016) was spent at Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiqui, a birding “Hot Spot” in Costa Rica. Tomorrow (Thursday) I return and because I liked my room so much last time, I requested the same one. That is not always possible, but we will see. See My 2016 Photos.
I’m staying longer this time, not driving, and expect to relax more as well as photograph a lot of birds. Stay tuned for a lot of photo reports. 🙂 And enroute tomorrow morning my driver and I will stop at Soda & Mirador Cinchona for breakfast where I hope to photograph my first Barbet in the Americas. I photographed a different variety in The Gambia. They hang out at Cinchona some.
¡Pura Vida!
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| Mantled Howler Monkey male Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| White-nosed Coati Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Variegated Squirrel Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Black River Turtle Puerto Viejo River, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
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| Spectacled Caiman Puerto Viejo River, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
See also all my non-bird wildlife photo galleries at OTHER WILDLIFE
And this will be my last post on what I saw in Sarapiquí at Selva Verde Lodge. I highly recommend this lodge and spending at least 3 or 4 nights when you go!
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| One of the Sulphur Butterflies Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| One of the Tigerwings or Isabella’s Heliconian Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| One of the 11,000 Grasshoppers Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| One of the Leaf Insects, like Walking Leaf Katydid Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Cicada Shell Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Termite Nest Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
See also my photo galleries of BUTTERFLIES or OTHER INSECTS
